2002 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 31 March 2002 | ||
| Official name | XXXI Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil | ||
| Location |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Course | Permanent Racing Facility | ||
| Course length | 4.309 km (2.667 mi) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.939 km (189.357 mi) | ||
| Weather | Clear, Air Temp: 30°C | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:13.114 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Juan Pablo Montoya
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Williams-BMW | |
| Time | 1:16.079 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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The 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXXI Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 March 2002 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil. It was the third round of the 2002 Formula One season and the thirty-first Brazilian Grand Prix. The 71-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from second position. Ralf Schumacher finished second for the Williams team with David Coulthard third in a McLaren.
Juan Pablo Montoya started from pole position alongside Michael Schumacher. Mika Salo scored his last ever world championship points at this race.
Michael Schumacher's win was his second of the season, his fourth at Interlagos, and the result meant that he extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to eight points over Ralf Schumacher and ten over Montoya. Ferrari reduced the lead of Williams in the Constructors' Championship to six points with fourteen races of the season remaining.
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Sauber, Jordan, BAR, Renault, Jaguar, Arrows, Minardi and Toyota.Tyre suppliers Bridgestone and Michelin brought two new dry compounds for the race.
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